CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
REPUBLIC OF NAURU
Government Information Office
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
by
His Excellency President Lionel
Aingimea
Friday, 11 September 2020
In this week's update on coronavirus, 20 of the incoming
passengers who arrived on Friday 4 September and quarantined at the
Meneñ hotel were tested for coronavirus this week, all returned
negative results and were released.
Twenty-eight others who are residing at the Anibare village will
be tested next week.
A fisheries observer that arrived on Saturday 6 September was
also tested last night, and returned a negative result.
Five Nauruans in India including those on medical treatment are
ready for repatriation. The COVID-19 taskforce is working with
Australia to allow them to transit through Brisbane.
However, President Lionel Aingimea says as they are coming from
India, a COVID-19 hotspot, the taskforce will decide on how or
where the group will spend their 14 days quarantine.
On 10 September, the World Health Organisation recorded global
cases (WHO) at 27,738,179 (27m) and deaths at 899,916.
President Aingimea compared the 27m to the population of
Australia while the number of global deaths is almost the
population of the Pacific Islands, except Fiji and PNG.
"Unfortunately, we haven't seen the end of coronavirus, it keeps
increasing. This is frightening and why we should never let our
guard down."
Meanwhile, the new Police Protective Services are going through
training for their new roles in assisting security services at the
government's quarantine sites.
As frontline workers, they have ongoing training to ensure
they're well versed and fully understand their duties, roles and
responsibilities.
Flights are unchanged with the freight service running every
Friday and Saturday and the passenger flights fortnightly.
The airline has a list of measures in place with all crew
blanket tested early on and since then they are being tested every
10 days, and they follow the isolation protocols every flight.
PPE waste at the airport is being looked at to ensure they're
cleared from the bins and disposed of properly after each
flight.
Nauru Port is expecting a few vessels this month with cargo ship
Capitaine Quiros V88 in port and due to leave as the Kiwai Chief
arrived yesterday on its first voyage under the Nauru Shipping Line
logo.
President Aingimea congratulates NSL saying this is, "a positive
step forward for Nauru."
The Kiwai Chief's crew was tested yesterday, all returned
negative results, prompting the commencement of cargo
discharge.
Fuel carrier Tanker Bliss is due next week as well as phosphate
ship Bao Sheng and two tugs to assist. Capitaine Quiros is expected
back in early October.
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